It sounds like a brilliant idea I have heard of it. Can someone explain the process of it please? Do we just ask to keep the placenta when at hospital and take it home to give to someone? Or make it ourselves? X x

So my sister in law is due to have her baby and she’s doing the same , the company she’s gone with provide her with a foil type bag for the placenta to go in when it’s delibered the bag is then sent to the company and they dehydrate it and the pills are made that way , I’m sure there’s a couple of different methods. X

Yes, I’m really hoping to have my placenta encapsulated this time. I planned to with my second but he came early & was in hospital for a bit so we hadn’t organised anything & it just wasn’t important at the time.

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15 weeks pregnant

You may not know it when it happens, but your tiny tenant frequently gets the hiccups, which babies learn to do before breathing. Babies don't make any sound because their windpipe (trachea) is filled with fluid rather than air. Read More

16 weeks pregnant

Your baby, now about the size of an avocado, is about 10cm long from crown to rump. In the next three weeks she'll go through a tremendous growth spurt, doubling her weight and adding centimetres to her length. Read More

17 weeks pregnant

Your baby is now nearly 11cm long from crown to rump and weighs about 140g. His skeleton is mostly rubbery cartilage, which will harden later. A protective substance called myelin slowly begins to wrap around the spinal cord. Read More

18 weeks pregnant

Your baby is about 12cm long from crown to rump and she weighs about 190g. Her chest moves up and down to mimic breathing but she's not taking in air, only amniotic fluid, which protects her as she grows inside the amniotic sac. Read More

19 weeks pregnant

You're halfway there! The top of your uterus (womb) now reaches your belly button and will grow about a centimetre a week. Your baby measures about 14.2cm long from crown to rump and weighs about 240g. Read More

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